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Revista Portuguesa de Investigação Educacional , 2022

For years, the Angolan government addresses the overcrowded classrooms, teachers’ poor qualificat... more For years, the Angolan government addresses the overcrowded classrooms, teachers’ poor qualifications, lack of proper facilities, and supplies challenges that impact the students’ writing, reading, and mathematics proficiency. Based on that, this emic approach study reflects on the strategy that eight Cabinda public primary schools implemented to promote students’ academic success. T he finding indicates (1) to address overcrowded classrooms challenges; the schools selected games and quizzes to improve students’ proficiency. However, in-classroom, teachers mainly use the blackboard and the textbooks to share information. So, the researcher suggested the usage of grouping strategies, personal or local stories and games; (2) Related to teachers’ poor qualifications, the teachers skip the biweekly Zones of Pedagogical Influence meetings for family reasons or already knowing the content. To change that, in a group, teachers can discuss and lesson plan, as well as practice games; (3) Related to proper school facilities and school supplies, the schools keep supplies, such as storybooks and games inside closed boxes. So, to revise the content, the researcher suggested taking aside some time for the students to read the storybooks or play games. Keywords Introduction Overload classroom, teachers’ qualifications, lack of school facilities and supplies, Angola

Sisyphus: Journal of Education, 2021

O estudo, com ênfase na metodologia Investigação – Ação, pretendeu compreender o impacto das tele... more O estudo, com ênfase na metodologia Investigação – Ação, pretendeu compreender o impacto das tele e rádio aulas no aperfeiçoamento profissional do professor do ensino básico angolano. Com a disseminação da pandemia da COVID-19, o professor do ensino básico participou de uma atividade diferenciada de aperfeiçoamento profissional denominada “tele e rádio aulas” emitidas pela Televisão Pública de Angola (TPA) e pela Rádio Nacional de Angola (RNA). Desta forma, informações coletadas indicam que, por ter um caráter prático, as tele e rádio aulas contribuíram para a melhoria da atuação docente do professor do ensino básico, isto é, o professor passou a recorrer regularmente ao apoio tutorial de profissionais de educação e a atividade reflexiva para o aperfeiçoamento das suas competências didático-pedagógicas resultando na melhoria de competências, como organização e contextualização dos conteúdos de ensino à realidade do aluno e maior conhecimento das orientações metodológicas das disciplinas do ensino básico.

The Journal of Continuing Higher Education

O estudo, com ênfase na metodologia Investigação – Ação, pretendeu compreender o impacto das tele... more O estudo, com ênfase na metodologia Investigação – Ação, pretendeu compreender o impacto das tele e rádio aulas no aperfeiçoamento profissional do professor do ensino básico angolano. Com a disseminação da pandemia da COVID-19, o professor do ensino básico participou de uma atividade diferenciada de aperfeiçoamento profissional denominada “tele e rádio aulas” emitidas pela Televisão Pública de Angola (TPA) e pela Rádio Nacional de Angola (RNA). Desta forma, informações coletadas indicam que, por ter um caráter prático, as tele e rádio aulas contribuíram para a melhoria da atuação docente do professor do ensino básico, isto é, o professor passou a recorrer regularmente ao apoio tutorial de profissionais de educação e a atividade reflexiva para o aperfeiçoamento das suas competências didático-pedagógicas resultando na melhoria de competências, como organização e contextualização dos conteúdos de ensino à realidade do aluno e maior conhecimento das orientações metodológicas das disciplinas do ensino básico.

Managing Instructional Strategies in Classrooms with Adult Learners, 2020

Based on self-concept, role experience and readiness to learn andragogy’s assumptions, this pheno... more Based on self-concept, role experience and readiness to learn andragogy’s assumptions, this phenomenological research identifies the types of instructional strategies that professors use in a mixed undergraduate classroom to benefit traditional students and adult learners’ active participation in the classroom. The majority of studies emphasize that professors tend to manage instructional strategies, such as lecture or presentations in mixed undergraduate classroom mainly focusing on traditional students’ characteristics like age, role experience, expectations and motivations. The findings of this study indicate that, professors who have more adult learners in their mixed undergraduate classroom tend to adapt and apply student-centered strategies, such as interactive lecture, group discussions or debates in higher level classes based on both traditional and adult learner’s characteristics.

Key-words: Traditional students, Adult learners, Instructional Strategies

This paper is part of the academic English program in 2015. A fundamental aspect from andragogy i... more This paper is part of the academic English program in 2015. A fundamental aspect from andragogy is being centered in the adults’ learners education and consequently in their interests. In it, it is important to select all the appropriate tools that will provide these target individuals to express their opinions and associate their real-life with classroom content. The purpose of this research is to verify the efficiency of the andragogy approach, although there are many differences between pedagogy and andragogy it is possible to use some approaches in both education systems.

This paper was part of my program to learn academic English in 2015. This paper focused on review... more This paper was part of my program to learn academic English in 2015. This paper focused on reviewing literature regarding methods and strategies to teach adult learners in a mixed undergraduate setting with both traditional students and adult learners. Paper emphasized that good teaching strategies depend on several factors such as teachers and students' characteristics, classroom environment, grade level, type of course and department or college requirements.
Key words: Teacher-centered strategies, student-centered strategies, adult learners.

Revista Portuguesa de Investigação Educacional , 2022

For years, the Angolan government addresses the overcrowded classrooms, teachers’ poor qualificat... more For years, the Angolan government addresses the overcrowded classrooms, teachers’ poor qualifications, lack of proper facilities, and supplies challenges that impact the students’ writing, reading, and mathematics proficiency. Based on that, this emic approach study reflects on the strategy that eight Cabinda public primary schools implemented to promote students’ academic success. T he finding indicates (1) to address overcrowded classrooms challenges; the schools selected games and quizzes to improve students’ proficiency. However, in-classroom, teachers mainly use the blackboard and the textbooks to share information. So, the researcher suggested the usage of grouping strategies, personal or local stories and games; (2) Related to teachers’ poor qualifications, the teachers skip the biweekly Zones of Pedagogical Influence meetings for family reasons or already knowing the content. To change that, in a group, teachers can discuss and lesson plan, as well as practice games; (3) Related to proper school facilities and school supplies, the schools keep supplies, such as storybooks and games inside closed boxes. So, to revise the content, the researcher suggested taking aside some time for the students to read the storybooks or play games. Keywords Introduction Overload classroom, teachers’ qualifications, lack of school facilities and supplies, Angola

Sisyphus: Journal of Education, 2021

O estudo, com ênfase na metodologia Investigação – Ação, pretendeu compreender o impacto das tele... more O estudo, com ênfase na metodologia Investigação – Ação, pretendeu compreender o impacto das tele e rádio aulas no aperfeiçoamento profissional do professor do ensino básico angolano. Com a disseminação da pandemia da COVID-19, o professor do ensino básico participou de uma atividade diferenciada de aperfeiçoamento profissional denominada “tele e rádio aulas” emitidas pela Televisão Pública de Angola (TPA) e pela Rádio Nacional de Angola (RNA). Desta forma, informações coletadas indicam que, por ter um caráter prático, as tele e rádio aulas contribuíram para a melhoria da atuação docente do professor do ensino básico, isto é, o professor passou a recorrer regularmente ao apoio tutorial de profissionais de educação e a atividade reflexiva para o aperfeiçoamento das suas competências didático-pedagógicas resultando na melhoria de competências, como organização e contextualização dos conteúdos de ensino à realidade do aluno e maior conhecimento das orientações metodológicas das disciplinas do ensino básico.

The Journal of Continuing Higher Education

O estudo, com ênfase na metodologia Investigação – Ação, pretendeu compreender o impacto das tele... more O estudo, com ênfase na metodologia Investigação – Ação, pretendeu compreender o impacto das tele e rádio aulas no aperfeiçoamento profissional do professor do ensino básico angolano. Com a disseminação da pandemia da COVID-19, o professor do ensino básico participou de uma atividade diferenciada de aperfeiçoamento profissional denominada “tele e rádio aulas” emitidas pela Televisão Pública de Angola (TPA) e pela Rádio Nacional de Angola (RNA). Desta forma, informações coletadas indicam que, por ter um caráter prático, as tele e rádio aulas contribuíram para a melhoria da atuação docente do professor do ensino básico, isto é, o professor passou a recorrer regularmente ao apoio tutorial de profissionais de educação e a atividade reflexiva para o aperfeiçoamento das suas competências didático-pedagógicas resultando na melhoria de competências, como organização e contextualização dos conteúdos de ensino à realidade do aluno e maior conhecimento das orientações metodológicas das disciplinas do ensino básico.

Managing Instructional Strategies in Classrooms with Adult Learners, 2020

Based on self-concept, role experience and readiness to learn andragogy’s assumptions, this pheno... more Based on self-concept, role experience and readiness to learn andragogy’s assumptions, this phenomenological research identifies the types of instructional strategies that professors use in a mixed undergraduate classroom to benefit traditional students and adult learners’ active participation in the classroom. The majority of studies emphasize that professors tend to manage instructional strategies, such as lecture or presentations in mixed undergraduate classroom mainly focusing on traditional students’ characteristics like age, role experience, expectations and motivations. The findings of this study indicate that, professors who have more adult learners in their mixed undergraduate classroom tend to adapt and apply student-centered strategies, such as interactive lecture, group discussions or debates in higher level classes based on both traditional and adult learner’s characteristics.

Key-words: Traditional students, Adult learners, Instructional Strategies

This paper is part of the academic English program in 2015. A fundamental aspect from andragogy i... more This paper is part of the academic English program in 2015. A fundamental aspect from andragogy is being centered in the adults’ learners education and consequently in their interests. In it, it is important to select all the appropriate tools that will provide these target individuals to express their opinions and associate their real-life with classroom content. The purpose of this research is to verify the efficiency of the andragogy approach, although there are many differences between pedagogy and andragogy it is possible to use some approaches in both education systems.

This paper was part of my program to learn academic English in 2015. This paper focused on review... more This paper was part of my program to learn academic English in 2015. This paper focused on reviewing literature regarding methods and strategies to teach adult learners in a mixed undergraduate setting with both traditional students and adult learners. Paper emphasized that good teaching strategies depend on several factors such as teachers and students' characteristics, classroom environment, grade level, type of course and department or college requirements.
Key words: Teacher-centered strategies, student-centered strategies, adult learners.